Repair device for pneumatic tires.



T. w. VIGKERS.

REPAIR DEVICE FOB. PNEUMATIC TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10, 1913.

1,1 1 5,622.- Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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of the tire. Other objects and advantages Wlll'bB ap-' v THEODORE W.VICKERS, or SILVER PEAK, NEVADA.

REPAIR DEVICE FOR PNEUMATIC TIRES.

To all wiiomit mag concern;

Be it known that I, Tnnononn W. VIGK .nns, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at SilverPea-k, in the county of Esmeralda, StateofNevada, have invented certain new v and useful Improvementsin RepairDevices for Pneumatic Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and

exact description ofvthe invention, suohas' will enable others skilledin thejart to Which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in repair devices for pneumatic.tires. The principal object of the invention is to provide a simpledevice which may be quickly attached to a deflated punctured or blownout tire to hold a temporary repair patch on the outer face of the treadsurface parent from the following description and with particularreference to the accompany:

ing drawings. r

Inthe drawmgs: F lgure 1 1s a side elevation of a portlon of the tireand rim showing my invention in position, Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame, Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the tire,Fig. at is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 4+4: of Fig.3, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the slotted plate, and Fig. 6 is anenlarged sectional detail of a portion of the slotted plate.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 10 represents a pneumatic tireof the clencher type, which is adapted to be secured in the clencher rim11, said rim having the movable ring section 12 as ordinarily used.Disposed on the outside of the tires, that 1s on the side of the tiresfarthest away from the vehicle is a vertically extending plate 13 whichis slightly curved to conform to the contour of the tire, the lower endof said plate having a curved lip 11 for interlocking engagement withthe lip 15 on that side of the rim of the Wheel. The other end of theplate 13 is bent into a trans versely extending V-shaped channel 16, theterminal of the plate being bent at 17 to form a flange 18. Formedthrough the plate 13 and in the walls of the channel 16 are theelongated openings 19, the upper portion 20 of which are upwardlytapered or V-shaped as shown. Disposed on the opposite side of thetireis a plate 21 also having a curved lip 23 for I j Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1913.

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engagement with the lip 24 of the removp The upper en'd o f' the plate21extends at an obtuse angle .to( form a flange -25, which flange isprovided w th a plurality of openings 26,.s aid openings being in numberthe same as the elon-, l

able rim ll of the IwheeL;

gated openings 19. Secured in theifopene ings 26-arethe rings 27 each 7k v I p having at tached to it a series ofl nks of a chain 28.

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These. chains vary in number, according to V the number ofopenings intheplates 19 and .size of the 21, which areregulatedfby the rent of thetire, and are adaptedto be et:- tended across the tread of the tire andto hold to the tire a leather patch 29, which patch is placed overtheopening or rent in the tire. On the opposite end of each or the chains28 is a hook or clamping jinember 30, said member being circular incross section and formed with a pluralityfof circumferential notches 31,readily escape the sides but when the said member 30 is raised into theVsshap ed portion 20 of the openings, the" notches Wlll engage with thesides ofsaid openings and prevent disengagementthere from. On the freeend of the member 30 1s a hook-shaped portion32 which is ed to begrasped by the fingers by which notches. will T of the openings 19,

adapt- Pu n or straining the chain across the tread o1 the tire. 1 Inrepairing a tire with my device, the tire being deflated, the plate 13isinterlocked with the rib or lip of the rim, after which the plate 21is engaged with the lip place as in the ordinary manner of fastening onthe common clencher rims. The leather plate 29 is then placed over theof the rim 12, said rim being slipped into a rent or opening in thetire, on the outer face of the tread surface, and the chains 28 drawnacross the tire and over the leather plate 29. .The members 80 are thenpulled i to draw the chains tight and the notches 31 engaged in theV-shaped portions of the openings of the plate 18, whereby the plate 29is firmly held against the tire, and a temporary repair accomplished, sothat the vehicle may proceed on its'way to the nearest place to paired.

As anadditional feature in applying the have the tire permanentlyrepatch to the tire I place a sheet 33 formed 1' of rubber or canvasbetween the inner tube.

of the tire, and the-outer casing directly under the rent in the tire.-When the tire is inflated this piece of rubber or canvas is forced upagainst the opening from Within by the distention of the inner tube,thus effectively providing a repair patch which will last and hold thetire inflated for a con siderable length of time.

W'liat is claimed is:

l. A device for holding a patch on a pneumatic tire comprising a pair ofrim engaging members, one of said members having an apertured flange,chains secured to the flange and extending across the tread of the tire,the other of the members having V-shaped openings, and notched memberson the free ends of the chains for locking engagement in the V shapedopenings.

2. A device for holding a patch on a pneumatic tire comprising flangeplates disposed on opposite sides of the tire, means on th'evplates forinterlocking engagement with the rim of the Wheel, the flange of one ofthe plateshaving a plurality of openings, chains each secured at one endin one of the said openings, the other of the said plates having aplurality of elongated and tapering openings in the flange thereof,clamping members provided with finger gripping portions secured to theends of the chains, and notches on the clamping members for engagementWithin the tapered openings, whereby the hainsare strained across thetread of the tire and over the patch.

In, testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

' THEODORE W. VICKERS. Witnesses:

C. L. HANNAMAN, .T. E. C. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

